How to Save Money on Holiday Cards

I don't know about you but one of the biggest joys I get over the holiday season is getting cards in the mail.  I know it may be old fashioned to some people but I'm getting old.  I like nostalgia.  What can I say?  I also know that sending them is getting friggin' expensive.  The USPS keeps jacking up the prices of stamps making it harder and harder to justify sending them.

I keep track of who sends me cards.  It's not a tit for tat thing, it's an 'if I don't receive a Christmas card from you for 3 years straight, I'm not going to feel bad about not sending you one and saving about $3-4 depending on the boxed set I got that year."  Mom had about 3-4 boxes of Christmas cards she bought that are now mine so I should be in cards for a few years but the prices of boxed cards are going up every year.  If you're one of those people who like to send those personalized picture cards, it's even more expensive.  How can you reduce the amount you spend to spread holiday cheer?  

Here are a few tips:

For family or couple picture cards, sign up for multiple photo sites.  When holiday card season rolls around, places like Shutterfly and Snapfish will usually roll out promos of 10 free cards where you only have to pay shipping.  Have multiple emails?  Well, I'll just leave that thought right there to do what you will with it.  (Actually at the time of posting Shutterfly is having this deal.)

Shop Dollar stores.  When you're getting a Christmas card, I would say 80% of people throw them out at the end of the season.  (I don't and I'm so glad I don't as I look over cards from people who aren't with me anymore.  I know I'm in the minority but if you'd like to do the same and want a sweet little keepsake place to put your treasured cards, this can keep them in one place.)  It's the thought and good tidings that matter not the price of the card.  

Put together a newsletter instead of a card.  I know some people hate these, I do not.  How many of us actually keep up with people we know throughout the year especially if you're not on social media much or at all?  (That doesn't really matter either, people don't seem to share much anymore.)  You can grab a few of your favorite pics to splay across the top and your update below and it just costs you some ink.  Or you can get some fun holiday newsletter paper to print it on to bring the holiday spirit for about $9-14 on average.  Make a cozy ritual during the holiday season of brewing up a cup of cocoa or holiday tea and read the newsletters you receive with some festive music in the background.

Stock up on forever holiday stamps.  Apparently the one thing you can count on now other than death and taxes is the post office thinking you're made of money and jacking up the stamp costs.  If you send out even 25 cards to people and let's say the rate increases are what they were last year, it'll be at least $.07 more per stamp so $1.75 more if you don't stock up.  If you send double that which seems to be the average according to research, $3.50 more.  Is that a deal breaker?  No but isn't that $3.50 better for chocolate chips for your cookies or whatever you want to put it toward given the price of everything now?

Cut back on how many physical cards you send out.  As I said, I keep track of cards but it's so I can keep track of who I sent cards to because I send about 40ish and I don't always get them done in one sitting.  I can go back and check my spreadsheet to pick up where I left off.  It's also to see who I sent them to so I didn't neglect to send to those people the following year.  There are some people that have never sent them and unfortunately those people are getting cut this year but if I have emails for them, they'll get an ecard.  Sometimes you have to cut where you can and if they don't send to you repeatedly, it's not disrespectful to do the same.  If you want to send ecards or consider a social media shout out, take the weight off of your shoulders.

Send ecards.  It's becoming increasingly hard to find free ecards services anymore.  There can be work arounds for that too.  This site can probably handle your average card load for the holidays with a $2.99/mo plan.  Don't want to pay?  They have a free trial!  (Don't forget to cancel if you don't want to continue the subscription.)  If you're organized and get all of your email addresses you want to send in one spot, you can easily choose either the same design or a design for family, one for friends and one for co-workers or whomever and bulk schedule them to send.  They have photo options if you want to include a family pic.  That particular place even gives the option of gift ecards!   It looks like American Greetings also has a free trial, as well.

A social media shout out.  On Christmas Eve morning, say something like "Before the chaos of the next few days sets in, I/we wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas/Happy Holiday.  Thinking of you all and wishing you a great holiday however you are celebrating and good health and peace in the coming new year!"   (By not saying something like "wishing you a great time with family and friends" it doesn't exclude those who are grieving loved ones, estranged from family or alone for the holidays.  No I'm not saying this to sound 'woke' or whatever crotchety people say, I'm saying this as a griever who had well meaning comments like that cut her to rivets the first year without her mother.)

If you're going to be traveling for the holidays (and you definitely don't want to announce if you are), you can say something like "like everyone else, the rest of the month is going to be completely crazy and I don't know if I'll have time to hop on here before the holiday.  I/we wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas/Happy Holiday.  Thinking of you all and wishing you a great holiday however you are celebrating and good health and peace in the coming new year!" 

I hope some of these tips helped give you some money saving ideas for how to handle your holiday cheer this year!

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High on Fumes Weekend Recap

Howzit all?  Did you enjoy the first weekend of November and the time change?  It's my favorite time because it gets dark sooner and encourages cozy time.  Yep, I have reverse SAD so this is my summer. 

I will have to make a very stern phone call this morning as my vein place didn't bother, you know, submitting approval for my vein procedures in 2 weeks.  I was hoping to move the appointments up but now that they've screwed this all up, I can't.  So what if I wouldn't have been following this?  I would've shown up, signed my little piece of paper pre-procedure that says I'm responsible for whatever insurance doesn't cover thinking I had pre-approval when I don't.  I am beyond ticked.

We spent the weekend getting some of the bathroom stuff in gear.  I got the medicine cabinet painted, got the vanity doors painted...

...and got two coats on the drawers and entire vanity which somehow felt like it killed me.  

The crapper of it, well, several crappers are 1) it's oil based so it's gagging me out 2) it's taking four coats because I had to use white primer and 3) my body is contorted trying to paint and is in total pain from it.  I had a ton of work to get done as well so it was a very overwhelming weekend.  No matter what I sprayed or did, the fumes were burning my throat and keeping me lightheaded.  You would think starting to get that stuff done would take a load off but I added teeth grinding to my to do list so I guess not.  

I'll tell you one thing though, I have been fighting the food demon for about 2-3 weeks and losing.  It's like I got a peek at my weight at the gynie, thought it wasn't quite as bad as I thought and have done everything I can to sabotage myself.  Extra snacks, higher calorie foods on non high cal days, 2am bedtimes, crying jags about Mom, frustration with my last therapy session and the pile of crap left in my lap and despite still walking every night, it's not like it can counteract any of that.  Literally a pair of jeans that fit me Friday are tight today.  I feel like everything is spinning out of control and I don't feel like I have the willpower to stop any of it.  I know there are things I can do but I feel like there are nothing but things to do all day, every day for now until the end of time.  I feel like that's all I've had for well over 2 years now and I'm exhausted to the core.  

Our shower system is supposed to ship this week according to the last communication we got from them but the Mr is going to follow up with them today and try to at minimum tentatively get us on the schedule.  I have a pit in my stomach they're going to try to push this to Thanksgiving week and I mentally can't.  It's just the Mr and I but still I want the house cleaned up if nothing else and that's not going to happen if we have people traipsing around here.  

Hopefully I can get the other two coats of paint on the vanity today before I need to start working on the medicine cabinet door which I'm terrified of tackling.  I've got ONE shot to get it right and if I don't, I'll have flushed $50.  

No pressure.  😬

How was your weekend?

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What I'm Reading This Week #44

Hello November.  I hear the faint sound of Christmas music in the air and the collective groan of millions.  Poor Thanksgiving- always the overlooked holiday except on the day when everyone is oinking out.  I haven't given a single thought to it though if I remember correctly, I still have some of last year's turkey Food Saved in the freezer but the Mr is a turkey leg dude so we'll have to get another one.     

Did you all get trick or treaters this year?  We didn't for the literal 20th year in a row.   Is that a dying tradition?  I swear I don't see kids out and about anymore.

Now let's treat ourselves with:

Strength Training: 8 Exercises You Can Do in Your Living Room (I was talked to by my chiro since I've slacked on my shoulder exercises and they're getting worse again.  So resistance band in the bedroom to start my day it is.)

The CDC now recommends that people 50 and older get vaccinated against pneumonia  (Time to line up for the next one.  Looks like this is only every 10 years.)

Chicken-Potpie Twice-Baked Potatoes Are the Ultimate Comfort Food  (This sounds amazing.  I wonder if I can get the prep/cook time down a bit)

What to Do on 15-, 30-, and 60-Minute Breaks to Boost Productivity  (Good tips to make sure you get in some movement and brain power!)

15 of the Best Methods for Decluttering Your Home  (Where's the "I'm losing my mind and about to figuratively burn it down" method?  The book mentioned sounds interesting though.)

Five Questions I Ask Myself Before Every Therapy Session  (Good stuff to consider)

9 Traits Of Parents Whose Adult Kids Often Go No Contact Once They Grow Up  (That tracks)

How to Delete Your 23andme Data Amid the Company's Turmoil  (I haven't used it but I know many people have so in case someone out there needs it.)

Feds Say You Don’t Have a Right to Check Out Retro Video Games Like Library Books  (So everything before 2010 doesn't matter??  Not like we'd have what we have now without them 🙄)

These Are the 3 Settings I Change on a New TV—and Why You Should Change Them  (Good tips if you're planning on some Black Friday deals!)

Saoirse (Ser-sha) Ronan Masterfully Silences Male Hollywood Stars (If you haven't seen this, stop what you're doing and watch it with the volume up.  There is nothing more gratifying as a woman than seeing three grown ass men get real uncomfortable and virtually sh*t themselves because they don't live in the same world we do.  Yeah, a phone seems ridiculous to you, to women it may be all they have as a last ditch defense)

Miss a post here this week?  Catch up below:

When Your Body Talks Weekend Recap

Hump Day Poll: To Jingle or Not to Jingle 

Now that holiday shopping season floodgates are open, feel free to stop by the shop to see some of the goodies!  The earlier you shop, the better before orders start piling up with the print partner.

(Hot Cocoa and Christmas Movies Sweatshirt - Woodland Animals Have a Cup of Cheer Mug - Cardinals Appear When Angels Are Near Ornament - Santa's Favorite Sweatshirt - 2025 Disco New Year's Eve Tee - Black Friday Crew Travel Tumbler)

Nothing concrete planned for the weekend except grocery pickups as usual.  Temps are finally dropping back a bit after a few days in the 80's which was not cool.  Figuratively and literally.

What's on tap for you this weekend?

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Hump Day Poll: To Jingle or Not to Jingle?

In two days it'll be November 1st and there seems to be a distinct line of thinking on that date now... bask in post Halloween/Fall glow or bust out the Christmas music.

Because it's an election year, I feel like only have I just started this week to see any other Christmas commercials other than the nibby old neighbors Hobby Lobby commercial that's been in rotation for 3 weeks.  So those holiday elements we can't really control but we can control our personal homes and if we choose to fire up Nat King Cole or God forbid, Mariah with Jack o Lantern's barely cool.

I used to listen to Christmas music in July in my teens through my 30's   I would definitely pepper it in in early November before.  Since our house has seemed to be in a perpetual state of reno since 2017, playing it too early just stresses me out because the house isn't usually conducive to decorating.  (Like right now.  I still never got all of my Fall stuff out which ticks me off.)  Last year I clearly wasn't able to enjoy Christmas music at all being a few months out from Mom's passing and it's not feeling much different this year so far.  I'm hoping once this bathroom is finished, whenever the hell that'll be, and we can clean the house that it will shift my headspace.  Right now, I'm not in the mood for it and can't see that being the case for quite a while.

Are you team Christmas music come November 1st and if not then, when?

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When Your Body Talks Weekend Recap

Yo yo yo party people, it's Monday.  I hope your weekend was a good one and you got some stuff checked off of the to do list.  

It's been a week, again.  Thursday at the chiro after debating Halloween candy, talking of our shared love of a particular vintage of TJ's chocolate where he gave me the most doctor answer ever "it might give a little inflammatory response but it's full of fiber, flavonoids, and protein so it's actually healthy for you", I got a talking to.  I'm regressing on my shoulders because I have kicked my strength training to the curb over the past month and the half assed attempt at fixing it sans weights or bands, has been for nothing.   He said I need the weight portion to work against gravity and while what I was doing was better than nothing, I'm not going to see results quickly.  So the Mr and I brought bands upstairs so that we can do rows in bed at night as well as first thing in the morning.  I'm back to not being able to brush my hair or do a ponytail without pain and it's my own fault.  😔

I spent some of last week going through Mom's laptop only to find she really didn't keep much on it.  I'll have to dig a little more but I only found a few things that I'd probably want to get off of it and they weren't pictures or anything like that.  It still really bothers me that there are things I know darn well she never would've gotten rid of paper wise that her sib's spouse likely burned in an attempt to bulldoze their way through the initial load of paperwork which I was pissed about.  They had no right to do that and not get that stuff over to me to look through.  So it stirred up a lot of shit and added to my inability to think/do anything productive.  Also found out a great uncle died and I tried my best to give an appropriate remark instead of the comeback of  'well, the last memory I have of that guy was him grabbing Mom's boob when she was giving him a hug and the look of horror on her face as she recoiled and was unable to smack him in front of everyone like she clearly wanted to."  Oh the things we all keep to ourselves in the name of  'familial harmony.'  (I'm sharing that to get the point across that if someone dies that you know was not the great person everyone made them out to be now that they're gone, don't feel the need to make a big deal mourning them.  You can say "my heart goes out to their kids" and leave it at that.)

One small thing that probably seems silly but made me happy was I got these amber colored mason jars and I took all of my loose leaf tea bags from Harney and Sons and put them in there.  I have a little chalk pen and labeled everything.  Not only will it keep the tea's lasting longer without sitting in a foil bag but it looks a lot more put together and quaint.  At least ONE area of the house can look cute. even if it's the size of two mason jars. 

Saturday we grabbed some lunch and walked the beach like area which has lovely poop logs/bird 'rrhea that we've watched get plowed into the sand for families to picnic on- hence walks only.  

The Mr had another bad headache brewing for the 5th Saturday in a row and I got an ocular migraine.  What is the top contributor to both of these according to Dr Internet?  Stress.  Throw in that I got my second ocular migraine in two days and I knew it was stress and it was also the kick in the butt I asked my grandma for the night before.  I told her to motivate me to get something done but don't make it life threatening and bam, there it was.  So I got to priming the vanity while in the middle of the migraine which is always interesting when you can't see half of what you're painting.  

Then it was time to tackle the medicine cabinet I'd been dreading because I'm going to be wallpapering the back and I've never done that before.  We measured stuff out and then on a practice piece of wallpaper tried this whole 'booking' technique you need to do.  When we saw after the appropriate time that it didn't stick, then we felt better about proceeding with the piece we cut and modified for the medicine cabinet.

(Love this art deco-y paintable wallpaper from Wayfair- on sale now)

So we've got that drying before I start the next part of it and put on the second coat of primer on the vanity and the shelves inside.  I hope it'll help take the stress off of both of us a little bit.  Though I can say that something that isn't helping is the roofer that came out unannounced to 'fix' the sound that's been plaguing us for over two months seemed to make it worse and now we're back at square one and hoping for the HOA to not give us shit over it.  Sigh.

The biggest joy I got this weekend was I made a sale of my cat lover candle so that felt good.   There's a sale going on until the end of the week if anyone is interested.

How was your weekend?

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What I'm Reading This Week #43

Howdy do all and happy Friday!  Did the week treat you well?  Ours was a tick less chaotic than last week's which I'll take but only a tick.  The Mr was in forced, poorly organized training well past quitting time for the last two days.  I had my second appointment with the new therapist and she proved despite her bouncing off the wall default that she can handle the tough stuff.  With about 8 sessions left to me, I'm not starting over so I'll continue with her for the remainder of the year.  Mom's sib also stopped by unannounced again which drives me absolutely insane.  They've been driving around with Mom's laptop in their car for like two months and they stopped by when we were gone before and the other night when we were having dinner.  Look, our house is torn up and ain't nobody coming in here.  So now that I know I don't have anything other than a box of pictures, Imma have to train them that if we don't make plans, our door doesn't open.  That's been our rule for 29 years and it ain't changing now.  I know they know the story about us refusing to let my dad, his new girlfriend and grandparents in the day after our first Christmas when the house was a complete wreck because they all talked about it for years.  Still applies!!  Grrr.  Anyhoo so nothing like a box of grief bombs being unexpectedly dropped at your door.  (And dog hair.  FFS vacuum every once in a while.  Mom didn't have dogs yet her pillowcase and towel are COATED in dog hair we're both allergic to.)  

Oh we also got another 24 hour heart attack as our bathroom project manager emails back after the Mr left him a message asking for an update (we were supposed to start this week) and says "I reached out to the manufacturer and they're running behind.  Your stuff is scheduled to ship 11/4-1/8."  I had to reread it like three times as my brain tried to compute.  The Mr was like "what's wrong?"  I stuttered and read it to him and my body just shut down.  My head was spinning, I was pukey, weak, and felt faint.  The idea of having to push this into the new year was just not happening.   In my head I'm thinking "we're going to have to get a refund for what we already paid and start this effing process all over again.  We've been without a sink for a month and are at our limit there and nothing else can be done until the shower conversion happens first."  I told the Mr he needed to call him since I was at zero capacity for words and who knew what would fly out of my mouth.  Of course the guy didn't answer and the Mr is like "we're really hoping January is a typo."  It took a full 24 hours of me being almost incapacitated by adrenaline before he called back to confirm it was in fact a typo.  🤬  Now just because it comes in in two weeks doesn't mean that's when it starts.  I really do NOT want to be doing this crap over Thanksgiving especially when our original deadline was Halloween.  No bueno.  That doesn't even cover still having to order our countertop for the bathroom vanity which will take a month minimum as well as the carpet for the bare stairs.  

So this crap is all clearly going into next year.  FML yo.

That about catches you up.  Now let's catch up with:

'I Can't Tolerate Gluten In The U.S., But I Can In Europe': Experts Unpack The Phenomenon (This is why I use Italian Einkorn flour.  Lower carbs, gluten and no pesticides/genetic modification allowed.  It cracks me up how an American doctor is like 'just walk more and stress less' as his answer.  Mook)

8 Foods That Help Relieve Stress  (Yes please)

The training technique that’s turning back the clock for older adults  (I know I'd like to roll back a decade or so!)

Common condiment may increase risk of stomach cancer by 40%  (Good thing I make sure we watch it 6 days a week.)

The Sugar in Fruit Doesn’t Make It Bad for You, Despite Some Trendy Diet Claims  (You'd have to pry bananas and apples away from me.)

12 Weird Symptoms Endocrinologists Say You Should Never Ignore  (My mom had #11 for 40 years and the symptoms due to the unknown cause ended up costing us a closer relationship due to personality changes.  Yet one more way doctors failed her.)

Three Behavioral Strategies to Control Anxiety  (Very good tips)

The Cheapest DIYs To Finish Your Basement Ceiling While Keeping It Accessible  (Will it keep your neighbors pot from leeching into your space?)

Before You Pour All That Maple Syrup on Your Pancakes, Here’s What You Should Know About It  (We love going to Bragg Sugar house in VT and grabbing the Dark/Robust, similar to this one.  I use it in my pumpkin muffins.)

Ted Danson & Kelsey Grammer Settle 30-Year ‘Cheers’ Dispute: “Stuck In Both Of Our Memories”  (That right there is called emotional maturity.  May we all learn it before it's too late or we miss out on 30 years with someone.)

Oh and it looks like some of those pop up flower bouquet cards I was talking about in Monday's post are still on sale if you're interested.   Ooh, I actually just saw a few of their pop up pet cards are on sale.  Dammit!  I've got a cousin with a milestone birthday next year so I guess I'm giving them more of my money.  

Also, a funny moment from the chiro's office yesterday was listening to Dido's Thank You come on and the new Gen Z receptionist saying "wait, did this song come out before Eminem did it?"  The woman was like "yeah, this was first" and she must've gone on for a full minute about how "wild" it was.  Uh, it's been done for decades sweetie.  Poor girl would have no head from her mind constantly being blown from all of the songs she thought were original that have been sampled or remade.

I hope for us to get out for a bit to actually absorb the last weekend of October and the last glimpse of peak colors, and then I'm sure trying to get the house in a state that will not feel like it's swallowing us whole.

What's on tap for you this weekend?

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Brain Dump Weekend Recap

Howzit, y'all.  I hope you had a great weekend.  Ours was less full of stuff we should've been doing than it should've been.  Well, I should say on my part it was.  The Mr washed, waxed and clay barred both cars for the winter.  I have to say, if you don't clay bar your car, you should.  It protects your finish and makes it look like the day you drove it's depreciating ass off the lot!   He also installed our new kitchen faucet.  I primed the inside of the medicine cabinet.  First with oil based primer after sanding the damage on the MDF and to seal it, let it dry a day then bonding primer over that after I glued down the new 1/4" plywood bottom.  We checked out our new wallpaper for the bathroom since we finally received it.  The cost made me want to yarf so it'd better look friggin' amazing when it's done.  I think we're both at the mental limit after having to wash our hands and brush our teeth over the tub for a month now.   Despite that, I am stuck in a cycle of functional freeze when it comes doing what I need to on that front.  I am so overwhelmed that anything feels like too much.  I do have to thank the Mr for taking over the final coat of mud in the bathroom because I was literally having anxiety attacks every time we were in there and I finally blurted out to him I couldn't do it.  I seriously have no idea how it looked so bad and every video I watched were these people making it look like it was so easy and I felt like an idiot.  Thankfully, his skill is apparently leaps and bounds above mine and it looks 100x better.  Our bathroom remodel was slated to tenatively start this week but we haven't heard boo from anyone there.  Like, an update would be nice or how about getting the rendering we asked for well over a week ago.  I hate when stuff starts coming back to you about why you said you wouldn't go with a specific company after you already signed something.  I remember having this same issue before.  The Mr called and the answer was 'they expect to receive it soon.'  Thanks for the non-answer.   We're having to undo something we installed because it created another issue and that means more effing holes to fill and now a whole new paint job on an area I had zero intention of doing anything to.  Yay.  

Another attendant at the life party lately are flashbacks to Mom's death and the circumstances around it.  It doesn't help Hobby Lobby and Hallmark are hitting the heartstrings early just reminding me of what I'll never have again which then forces me to re-examine how long before that it all started changing, blah blah blah.  I've got a therapy appointment tomorrow with the hyperactive therapist and I honestly don't know if I can spill any of that stuff to her.  She reached out to me saying she could get me on the calendar and I wasn't going to but I did and they ask what you want to talk about and I said ADHD update and lots of grief dust up.  I hope she surprises me but I don't have a lot of faith going into it.  I also know that means me having to regurgitate everything in chunks that I already told the other one and ugh.  I am going to get to reading a book a dear friend got me when Mom passed and I knew that it was one I'd probably need if I got into this pattern.   I also am having a hard time with a shitty comment when I tried to talk to my friend about having a hard time grief wise when we'd been leaning on each other all spring and summer.  Her response was "it's a new week" and then turned the conversation back to her.  Oh okay, I guess our time of being there for each other is done.   So when it was time for her mom's death-iversary, I doled out the same as I got.  Yep, I'm petty.  It gets very tiring feeling like you're giving more than you're getting.  Oh yeah and are thank you cards after a wedding not a thing anymore?  I know, that was a random subject change but it's been hocking the Mr and I off that 4 1/2 months after my cousins wedding and not getting so much as a text thanking us for the $200 Amazon gift card we got them.  It makes it really hard to want to drop anything on a baby gift if that's the next step.  It just goes along with being ticked off not getting the same effort you give.  I know not to expect you from other people and all that BS but I don't think 'thank you' is too hard.  Now I'm having deja vu and feel like maybe I already griped to you guys about this.  Sorry if I did but clearly it's still seriously ticking me off. 

Anyone else ready for this effing election to be over?  I'm not going there on the presidential side, I'm talking about the local yokels who are spending their money slinging mud instead of sharing their plans (because they don't have any) and making me want to frisbee my damn TV.  We stopped paying for the 'less ads' tier at the wrong time and I cannot wait to just be bombarded with...oh wait...Christmas commercials.  Never mind.  Mute button constantly it is.

Oh, before I sign off on my cheerful update, I thought I'd share something that rarely goes on sale that I snagged this morning because I'm a cart watcher.  I snatched one of these Christmas tree cards from Freshcut Paper Store that is $3 off.  I'm going to use it as a centerpiece but if you have someone who doesn't typically decorate for the holidays anymore whether due to grief, older age or just not really caring one way or the other, this is a super cute way for them to still get into the spirit of the holiday without having to store something since it lays flat.  I got my friend this one and I was happy with the pics she sent me of it.  I've gone through and found a few others that are on sale right now if you're interested in snagging them.  (Seriously, I've only seen them on sale for Black Friday and not really for less than they have them today but without the sell out threat.)  They have a few others on sale today too.  I'm partial to the poinsettia one, super cute!

Okay, there's my weekend update...

How was YOUR weekend?

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